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Don’t believe Santorum’s claim about not hearing the audience boo the gay soldier
There continues to be so much fall out from the recent Republican presidential debate in which the candidates stood by and said nothing while members of the audience booed a gay solder….
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Quoting FDR, former Chaplain calls DADT repeal ‘a date that will live in infamy’
In a guest editorial in Thursday’s Stars and Stripes, former Army Reserve Chaplain, Colonel Alexander F. C. Webster, calls the Sept. 20 official repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” as “a date that will live in infamy.”
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Hate group Family Research Council promises to ‘monitor’ DADT repeal
Several folks on the right aren’t happy with this week’s repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The SPLC-designated hate group, the Family Research Council, has weighed in with a nonsensical scathing attack on President Obama and an ugly promise to “monitor” the effects of DADT.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ends: A young U.S. Airman comes out to his dad
A young airman from Alabama who has been posting videos on YouTube regarding the now ended policy of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell,” put up a new video early Tuesday morning in which he shows his face publicly for the first time as he calls his father to tell him that he’s gay.
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Obama: ‘Patriotic Americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are’
Following is the statement by President Barack Obama, marking the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the policy which prohibited gay and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. Today, the discriminatory law known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is finally and formally repealed. As of today, patriotic Americans in uniform will no longer […]
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ comes to an end — OutServe founder comes out
The United States Armed Forces on Tuesday officially — and for the first time in its history — welcomes openly gay and lesbian service members into its ranks. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the ban on openly gay service members, has been repealed.
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Gay WW II veteran finally sees discharge changed from ‘undesirable’ to ‘honorable’
After almost 70 years since receiving an “undesirable” discharge because he is gay, Melvin Dwork, a World War II Navy veteran has had his discharged finally changed to “honorable,” reported the Associated Press.
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House Republicans make final push to delay ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal
The two ranking Republicans on U.S. House Armed Services Committee have asked Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to delay the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” scheduled for next Tuesday, Sept. 20, claiming that certain regulations regarding military benefits for same sex couples have not been revised.
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Hundreds of service members discharged under DADT expected to reenlist
With the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” scheduled to take effect on Sept. 20, the U.S. military is expecting many of the service members discharged because of their sexual orientation to seek reenlistment.
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Congressman seeks protections for ‘straight troops’ as DADT repeal approaches
A California lawmaker who participated in the GOP-led efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to derail the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” has introduced a draft bill that would require the Defense Department to “ensure that a member of the Armed Forces … is not pressured to approve of another person’s sexual conduct…”